Adaptations Help Fundraise Citations Home About Adaptations Help Fundraise Citations Amazonian Royal Flycatcher By: Olivia DeShane, Alexa Wolters, Morgan Otteson, Hailey Westerbeek. The nest helps the bird keep its eggs safe. The Amazonian royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus) is a passerine bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. The Amazonian royal flycatchers use their colorful plumage as a show of display during courtship rituals, after mating, while preening, in competition with other mates over breeding or territory, or while being handled. Both sexes of Amazonian Royal Flycatcher display large feathered plumes on top of their heads. The female’s is usually yellow, and the male’s is a fiery orange red.

An Amazonian royal flycatcher unusual adaptations are its nest. The Amazonian Royal Flycatcher is found in forest and woodland throughout most of the Amazon basin in northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, eastern Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern and western Brazil. An Amazonian royal flycatcher displays its red crest in this National Geographic Photo of the Day from our Your Shot community. Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates. Amazonian Royal Flycatcher Amazonian Royal Flycatcher. What adaptations does it have to survive in its environment? It is easily overlooked and typically found in low densities, but overall it remains widespread and common. It is not unusual for birds to display the feathers and ornamentations they have at their disposal. Curiously, Amazonian Royal Flycatchers only spread their feathered crest during mating season—and while being handled by humans. The royal flycatcher is a name used for the birds in the genus Onychorhynchus within the family Tityridae.While there are roughly four separate species in the commonly named group “royal flycatcher”, the name is most commonly used in reference to the species Onychorhynchus coronatus (the Amazonian), though the common name does apply to all members of the aforementioned genus. However, one bird living in the Amazon jungles of Southeast America impresses with the vibrancy of colors it shows during their mating season.